If you’re going to survive the upcoming apocalypse, you’re going to need food. Lots of food. And if you need a lot of food, you have to know how to grow it. Once you’ve mastered this, you can sit back, safe in the knowledge that you can survive decades of international turmoil and societal breakdown. […]
The wind howled in our faces as the snow, horizontal now, began to fall. ‘I’m tired, Daddy. You carry me’, a small voice said from somewhere down to my left. ‘No’, I said. ‘I can see the car and we’re going to finish together’. At two and a half, this was my son’s first experience […]
During the launch of This Dad Does, I asked readers and followers on Twitter this question: What’s the One Skill All Dads Should Have? I was overwhelmed by the responses I got. There were so many good and varying answers. I’ve been able to distill and paraphrase the ten best ones into this post. […]
Living in a war zone can be tough. Over the years I’ve been to and lived in some pretty challenging places and environments. Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, right? But living in some parts of the world can be difficult. The stress of possible unrest – both political and religious – can grate […]
